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I mostly agree, except that I'll also downmod someone if they assert something that is false, heavily disputed, or sweepingly general. There is no use prolifera
by BrandonM 19y ago
I mostly agree, except that I'll also downmod someone if they assert something that is false, heavily disputed, or sweepingly general. There is no use proliferating incorrect information, urban myths, faulty reports, or common stereotypes. Such a downmod, of course, would be accompanied by a correction, unless there already is one, in which case I'll upmod the correction.
- Xichekolas 19y agoOh I agree with that. I just group 'stating blatantly false things' and 'proliferating stereotypes' into the troll category.
- BrandonM 19y agoWell, that's why I didn't say "blatantly false". There are often cases where someone has heard something so many times that they believe it's true (such as "Killing praying mantises is a crime in the US," or "Rice is no longer thrown at weddings because birds will explode," neither of which is true, or "Drinking bottled water is changing the Earth's climate," which is heavily disputed), and I would hesitate to call those people trolls. In such a case, a low karma on that comment and a quick rebuttal is certainly a fair response.